Track Specialists Mora and Torres Join Movistar for 2020

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Track Specialists Mora and Torres Join Movistar for 2020

Spanish track specialists Sebastián Mora and Alberto Torres have signed with Movistar, the 2020 WorldTour team.

The two have already had success as partners in Madison on the track, winning two European Championships in Madison in 2015 and 2016, Torres won the world title in Madison in 2014 with David Muntaner, and Mora was the 2016 London He became world champion in scratch racing.

On the road, the 29-year-old Torres has been a successful sprinter there, winning the Spanish under-23 road race title in 2010. Followers of the British national scene, meanwhile, will remember that he rode for Continental team Team Raleigh GAC in the 2016 season, finishing 11th in the Rutland Melton International Cicle Classic that year.

The 31-year-old Mora also competed in road races for Raleigh GAC in both 2016 and 2017, and spent the 2019 season with Spanish pro Continental team Caja Rural, a mixed team at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England in September He was also part of the Spanish national team that finished 10th in the time trial.

Movistar is pleased that both athletes will combine road and track in 2020, and they will both be aiming for Madison success next summer in Tokyo.

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